7 humanitarian corridors operated in Monday - from Mariupol, Bucha and other hotspots

Svitlana Kizilova - Monday, 21 March 2022, 22:01

7 out of 8 confirmed humanitarian corridors were operational on Monday, March 21.

Source: Deputy Prime Minister, Minister for Reintegration of the Temporarily Occupied Territories of Ukraine, Iryna Vereshchuk on Telegram

Details: A total of 8,057 people were rescued and evacuated through humanitarian corridors today.

Donetsk oblast:

3,007 Mariupol residents reached Zaporizhzhia city from Mariupol. Everyone had been provided with the necessary assistance in Zaporizhzhia.

26 buses reached Berdyansk city. Unfortunately, these buses can’t efficiently reach the gathering places for the evacuation because of the obstructions created by the occupying forces at the checkpoints on the route to Mariupol.

Evacuation from the cities of Berdyansk, settlements of Manhush Amalgamated Territorial Hromada (community), in particular Melekino and Nikolske villages, is scheduled on Monday, March 22, in the morning from 9:00 to 11:00.

Another 27 large buses from Zaporizhia are also being sent along the route.

Authorities are currently resolving the issue of delivering additional fuel to Berdyansk to continue refuelling cars in Mariupol free of charge tomorrow.

Headquarters continue to operate in Berdyansk, where Mariupol residents can access all the necessary assistance: food, medical care, places to rest.

Kyiv region:

Over 4,370 people were evacuated from Velyka Dymerka village to Brovary. A large number of private cars joined the evacuation buses.

380 people were evacuated from Bucha and Vorzel, and humanitarian aid in the form of food, medicine and clothing was delivered to the locality

The evacuation from Kozarovychi village to Vyshhorod town failed: the occupying troops shelled the column and did not allow people to leave.

Luhansk region:

300 people were evacuated from the cities of Lysychansk, Severodonetsk and Hirs’ke to Bakhmut along the humanitarian corridor. In addition, more than 200 tons of humanitarian aid had been delivered to these settlements.

Ukrainian drivers and an ambulance crew who attempted to deliver humanitarian aid to Vovchansk, Kharkiv Oblast on March 20, were released on March 21.

Verbatim: "These are really brave people who courageously perform their civic duty in wartime - like all other drivers of buses, trucks, rescuers from the State Emergency Service, ambulance crews, police."

"They are consciously risking their lives and helping our people get out of the cities every day."